24 Aug 1942

Germany
22 Mar 1944

Germany
26 Jul 1945

Photo(s) dated 26 Jul 1945
Harry Truman presenting Distinguished Service Medals to Henry Crerar, Arthur Coningham, James Robb, and Francis Guingand, Frankfurt, Germany, 26 Jul 1945
28 Sep 1945

Germany
  • George Patton was summoned to Frankfurt, Germany by Dwight Eisenhower, who scolded him for repeatedly stirring up controversies and transferred him to the US 15th Army in the rear, which was tasked with compiling a history of the European War. ww2dbase [George Patton | Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau | CPC]

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